Life is a choice.

Our choices are

influenced by different factors ―
personal, family, or social. These
influences are unique in every
individual and dependent upon
the situation the individual is in at
that time the choice was made.
What or who influenced your
choice of senior high school track
and strand ―was it your personal
decision? your parent’s decision?
because of pressure from friends?
Life is a choice. Our choices are influenced
by different factors ― personal, family, or
social. These influences are unique in every
individual and dependent upon the
situation the individual is in at that time the
choice was made.
Personal Factor

Skills and Abilities. Are you aware of your

skills and abilities? Do you know what you
are capable of doing?

When individuals are in jobs best suited to

their abilities, they perform best and their
productivity is highest.

Parson's Trait and Factor Theory of

Occupational Choice emphasized the
importance of analyzing one’s skills, values,
interests, and personality and then match
these up to jobs which use these.

Interest and Personality Types

Do you know your interests and personality

type?
Holland's Career Typology established a
classification system that matches
personality characteristics and personal
preferences to job characteristics
According to John Holland's theory,
most people are one of six personality
types: realistic, investigative, artistic,
social, enterprising, and conventional.

Knowing your personality will help you

understand yourself. It matters that
your personality fits your career
choice.
 Career and Life Choices

FAMIILY SOCIAL
PERSONAL
Parental Influence of
Skills and abilities
friends and peers
Interests and influence
Influence of
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types Life roles traditions y Industry
Previous Financial demands and
experiences resources expectations
Life Roles.

What do you think is your role in life―a

leader? an organizer? a mediator? a
designer?

According to Super's Lifespan Theory, how

we think about ourselves in these roles, their
requirements of them, and the external
forces that affect them, may influence how
we look at careers in general and how we
make choices for ourselves.
Previous Experiences

Did you think of pursuing a task which you

have been successful in the past? One
aspect of the Social Cognitive Career
Theory addresses the fact that we are likely
to consider continuing a particular task if we
have had a positive experience doing it. In
this way, we focus on areas in which we
have had proven success and achieved
positive self-esteem.
Childhood Fantasies.

“What do you want to be when you grow-

up?” Perhaps this frequently asked question
during our childhood years may have
helped shape what we thought we would
be then, as well as later in life.

Family Factors

“The matter of choosing a career in the

Philippine setting is clearly a family affair.”
(Clemena, 2002)
Parental Influence. How many percent of your
career decision is influenced by your parents?

Many children grow up idealizing the professions

of their parents. Parents may intentionally or
unintentionally push their child towards a
particular career path, especially in the cases of
family-owned businesses where parents expect
their children to take over the company. Still
other parents apply pressure on their offspring to
strive for particular high-profile careers, feeling
they are encouraging their children to reach
high.
 If your parents were uneducated or
were always struggling to get by
financially, you may decide not to be
in the same position. This may prompt
you to pursue a totally different career
path―to have a stable, high-earning
job. Likewise, if you have parents who
are workaholics and were never
around when you were a child, you
may decide to pursue a line of work
with flexibility that gives you more time
with your children.
Financial Resources

. In choosing a career or profession, there is a

need to consider the capability to support the
course or career to be pursued.

Social Cognitive Career Theory and Social

Learning address this and recognize that events
that take place in our lives may affect the
choices available to us and even dictate our
choices to a certain degree. When your family
has limited financial resources for instance, will
you insist on pursuing medicine? Or would you
rather take up other related courses first and
pursue medicine when you are capable of
Family Beliefs and Traditions.

Beliefs and traditions is another family

factor to consider when making a
career choice. It is tradition for
example that all male siblings in the
clan take up engineering courses.
Being a family tradition, this could
somehow be relevant when making a
career choice.
Social Factors

Influence of Media/Technology.
The influence of social media may have positive
and negative effects. Nowadays, career
information is available to 21st century learners.
These information may be used or may influence
you in deciding for their career.

Influence of Friends and Peers.

Peer pressure is common among learners. There

are learners who decide on the career to pursue
based on the opinion or choice of their friends.
Who among you will choose the same
course as your friends? Why? There are
many reasons for this―you want to be in, or
would not want to make new friends and
make new adjustments, too much
attachment to old friends.
Industry Demands and Expectations.

Our career choices take place within the

context of society and the economy.
Graduates have been practical in
considering the demands and expectations
of the industries before coming up with their
career decisions. These guide them in
deciding what to do and where to go.
Changes in the economy and resulting job
market may also affect how their careers
develop.
As senior high school learners, are you
aware of the different choices of
professions and career? Do you know
where to go after senior high school?
The Senior High School Program has four
curriculum exits. You can choose to be
employed right after graduation or pursue
the development of your technical and
vocational skills. You can also decide to be
an entrepreneur or pursue higher
education. For a clearer understanding,
the following are the senior high school
curriculum exits:
 Senior High School Curriculum Exits

Employment

The Senior High School (SHS) program opens up

employment opportunities for graduates. SHS
graduates of the Technical-Vocational-
Livelihood (TVL) track may apply for TESDA
Certificates of Competency (COCs) and
National Certificates (NCs). Partnerships with
different companies for technical and
vocational courses expose students to the real
world of work. Students also gain work
experience while studying, and companies can
even hire them after they graduate.
Entrepreneurship

With the inclusion of an entrepreneurship

subject in the curriculum, SHS graduates
are better equipped for small-scale
business activities, such as running the
family business or starting one’s own
business.
Higher Education

By the time you graduate from SHS, you will

have the standard knowledge, skills, and
competencies needed for higher education.
Also, some subjects in the College General
Education curriculum have now been
integrated into the SHS curriculum. These
subjects will be taken out of the college
curriculum, leaving only the subjects that are
more focused and relevant to your chosen
course or major.
Middle Level Skills Development

Standard requirements built into the TVL track

ensure that graduates have good job
knowledge in their chosen specializations. In
the same way that SHS graduates are better
prepared for college, they are also equipped
for developing more specialized skills in
technical-vocational schools.
Questions

1. Given the different career and life choices

through the senior high school curriculum
exits and clusters of regulated professions,
were you able to decide where to go after
senior high school?

2. 2. Did you find it helpful to know the different

professions and other life choices?

3. What is the importance of considering the

different factors in choosing your
profession/vocation?
4. What is your insight about this statement from
Confucius?

“Choose a job you love and you will never

have to work a day in your life.”
4. What is your insight about this statement from
Confucius?

“Choose a job you love and you will never

have to work a day in your life.”